Welcome to the Department of Arts & Humanities
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The Center for Arts Education Research consists of an interdisciplinary arts group which engages in basic and applied research in the arts and human development, art education and the arts in education. The Center calls upon expertise from professionals in the arts: visual, music, dance, theater and media and also from philosophy, cognitive and developmental psychology, curriculum, education and technology. A mix of focuses characterize the Center's work. Studies explore the role of the arts in diverse educational settings from the vantage point of school reform, curriculum development, arts integration and assessment. Of particular interest is the role of the arts as they interweave in urban culture and education. Other studies deal directly with aspects of artistic-aesthetic thinking, perception and action both within and across the diverse domains of the arts.
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The Creative Arts Laboratory (CAL) was established at Teachers College in 1994 as a result of a three-year grant from the US Department of Education: Fund for Innovative Education. CAL's purpose is to change school cultures by preparing teachers of economically disadvantaged and educationally challenged students to integrate the arts into core curriculums of public elementary and middle schools in New York City.
As a professional development model, CAL is based on the premise that integrating the arts into the school curriculum facilitates teachers' capacities to help students make connections across subject matter areas. CAL believes that critical thinking skills and positive attitudes about learning enhance students' repertoires of problem-solving abilities. These problem-solving abilities provide the impetus for students to formulate their own ideas and to engage in meaning-making activities from the perspectives of the arts, (dance, drama, music, and visual arts), in conjuntion with core academic disciplines, (eg, math, science, language arts, and social studies).
After three years of federal funding, and three years of NYC Board of Education Funding, we are confident that CAL is meeting its objectives for teachers and children. Participating CAL teachers report CAL experiences have dramatically increased :
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Caught between paying homage to the artistic spirit and to the almighty dollar, the arts sector must deal with issues of social welfare, censorship, public policy, and arts law and management while simultaneously dedicating itself to the continual development of significant artistic ideas and images. While arts organizations continue to rise to this challenge, it has become increasingly clear that institutional survival in the arts at the expense of the artists themselves is no survival at all. It is for this reason that artists and arts organizations must be encouraged and aided. Part of this assistance comes in the form of reliable and consistent information which helps us to understand the needs and objectives of these constituents in their own terms.
The Research Center for Arts and Culture (RCAC), as both a service and a resource, provides data and ideas for applied research, education, advocacy, policy making, and action. In addition to the vast resources of Columbia University, including the considerable cooperation and participation of the faculty, an advisory board of artists, administrators, and members of the legal and business professions offers continuous support to the Center, helping it to provide services and expertise. Collaboration and cooperation with service organizations, trade publishers, and arts institutions strengthen the RCAC's unique position and enable it to translate its findings into useful, practical forms.
The Research Center for Arts and Culture is committed to:
Who We Serve
Artists, arts institutions, academics, researchers, private funders, policy makers and students all use the Center's research and resources for a variety of purposes. Although the data are distributed to a wide array of constituents, a frequent request for data comes from individual artists. These data show that many artists have similar career paths, goals, and obstacles, particularly in relation to their status in society.
Constituents have used the Center's research in the following ways:
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The Heritage School, now in its tenth year of life, is a partnership between Teachers College and the New York City Board of Education. Conceived by Professor Judith M. Burton, Director of the Art and Art Education Program, in 1996, the School has as its mandate education in the arts and culture at the core of the curriculum.
The Heritage School is set in a land-marked building on Lexington Avenue in East Harlem. It is presently a public comprehensive high school grades 9-12 soon to become a secondary school grades 7-12. All young people in the school take art, music, dance and drama, along with their academic subjects as part of their program of study. An important feature of the School is its openness to learning in cultural institutions as part of it curricula provisions. To this end, all youngsters follow a program of visits to museums, galleries, theaters, libraries, and concert halls, which frame interdisciplinary learning across subject boundaries.
The School follows an extended day curriculum, engaging youngsters in an extraordinary array of offerings including: extra tutorials in subjects like mathematics and Regents preparation; it also offers opportunities to learn karate, Japanese, mural painting, sports, and undertake community internships. The School has a thriving computer center, and scholarships are offered for students to attend studio courses at Teachers College in photography, drawing and ceramics.
An important feature of the School is its work with the artists of the Tailler Boriqua, who share the building. The artists are frequent visitors to the classrooms; working with students on the creation of murals, books, and computer generated imagery. The artists also run an exhibition series of artwork from South America in their Gallery in the School building. Like the artists, the community parents are also deeply involved in the school, organizing debates, musical evenings, and conversations about how best to support youngsters through their final years in public school.
The faculty and students of The Art and Art Education Program are deeply involved in the School in an array of capacities as professional development consultants, administrators, teachers, visiting artists, interns, and student teachers.
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This project is intended to put in place a program to consolidate the philosophies and practices of research across the arts and humanities. A basic tenet of this project is to bring together a community of practices that would dispel a number of myths and prejudices within the fields and practices of educational research.
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